Taken last year in Doha, Qatar, players from the Saudi club are pictured observing a minute's silence.

The game, between FC Barcelona and al-Ahli FC on December 13 shows all the players, including the Saudis, marking silence to honour the memory of members of the Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense who were killed in a plane crash.

The Adelaide Oval crowd and Socceroos players all paused to remember the two Australians lost in the weekend's terrorist attack in London, only for the visitors to fail to do likewise.

Instead the Saudi's went to their positions and began warming up, as the Socceroos stood with arms around each other on halfway at the start of the minute's silence.

It's understood Saudi Arabian fans also failed to pause and observe the silence in the Adelaide Oval crowd.

Senior Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese slammed the Saudi players for their lack of respect and denied it had anything to do with culture.

"That was a disgraceful lack of respect not just for the two Australians killed, one of whom was a young South Australian, all of those victims of that terror attack in London. There is no excuse here," he told Today.

"This isn't about culture, this is about a lack of respect. I thought it was disgraceful.

"It's bloody disgraceful, I'm so angry about this."

Sunrise host Sam Armytage blasted the players and said the move was "bloody disgraceful".

Armytage didn't hold back this morning and said there was nothing cultural about disrespect shown to two dead Australians, one of whom is from South Australia.

"When we go to the Middle East, when we went to Dubai for the show a few years ago we respect their custom, you cover your shoulders because it's respectful to do that in their country," she said.

"There are parts of the Saudi royalty that actually fund terrorism," he said.

"We know that for a fact. Finally they have stood up against Qatar, but that is... hypocritical. They do not know what side of the ledger they stand on. This business about 'It is part of our culture', and somebody else said it was lost in translation, they have all had time to prepare themselves for the minute's silence. They have shown whether they are on which side of terrorism. I am glad they lost by one goal, because they lost on two fronts."

Anger as Saudi players fail to do minutes' silence

AUSSIE football fans have slammed Saudi Arabia for not observing a minutes' silence at the start of its World Cup Qualifier in Adelaide.

The Adelaide Oval crowd and Socceroos players all paused to remember the two Australians lost in the weekend's terrorist attack in London, only for the visitors to fail to do likewise.

Instead the Saudi's went to their positions and began warming up, as the Socceroos stood with arms around each other on halfway.

A minute's silence for the two Aussies who lost their lives in London recently

It's understood Saudi Arabian fans also failed to pause and observe the silence in the Adelaide Oval crowd.

Fox Sports presenter Adam Peacock revealed on Twitter post-match that the minutes silence was approved pre-game by Asian Football Confederation Officials, but the request was refused by travelling Saudi team officials. It's understood Football Federation Australia attempted to reasons with the visiting delegates.

Pre game minute silence:AFC approved it pre game.Travelling Saudi officials said no.FFA tried to reason, no avail and went ahead.

It was thought that Saudi Arabian players did not understand or it was lost in translation. A small number of the opposition players paused and paid respect with the Socceroos.

A spokesperson for the FFA said they were told before the game that the Saudi team would not be taking part in the tribute.

The spokesperson said: 'The FFA sought agreement from the Asian Football Confederation and the Saudi national team to hold a minute's silence in memory of those lost in Saturday night's terror bombings in London and in particular the two Australian women.

"Both the AFC and the Saudi team agreed that the minute of silence could be held.

"The FFA was further advised by Saudi team officials that this tradition was not in keeping with Saudi culture and they would move to their side of the field and respect our custom whilst taking their own positions on the field."

Most of the Saudi Arabian side are Muslim and the custom of pausing for a moments silence to honour the dead is not common under Islam. Instead, it is custom to pray for the dead, give to charity on their behalf and remember.

They come from a different culture. They just dont understand the point of being silence for a minute to show sadness.. we neve do it in KSA